Land-channeling roller



(No Model.)

R. H. BANKS.

LAND GHANNELING ROLLER. No. 334,213. v Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

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' NITED STATES ROBERT H. BANKS, OE FORT LEWIS, COLORADO.

LAND-CHANNELING ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,213, dated January 12, 1886.

' Application filed July 21, 1885. serial No. 172,203. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. BANKS, of

Fort Lewis, in the county of La Plata and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Land-Channeling Rollers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of one of my improved land-channeling rollers. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the broken line or m, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is provide landrollers constructed in such a manner as to form channels in the rolled land to distribute water in irrigating land, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient and reliable in use.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the machine, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then claimed.

A represents the frame, to the side bars of which, a little in the rear of their centers, is attached the shaft B. Upon the shaft B revolves the roller 0, which is preferably about five feet long, and is made in two parts or sections. Upon the middle part of each section of the roller 0 is formed or to it is attached an annular rib, D, the outer surface of which is rounded.

To the side bars of the frame A, a little in front of the roller 0, is journaled a shaft, E, to which, directly in front of the ribs D, are rigidly attached the upper ends of the standards F. To the lower ends of the standards F are attached shovel-plows G, or other suitable plows, to open furrows in the ground. The standards Fare held against the resistance of the ground by chains H, attached to the lower parts of the said standards F and to the front cross-bar of the frame A.

To the shaft E is attached a lever, I, by means of which the said shaft can be rocked to raise the plows G from the ground. The

lever I projects into such a position that it can be readily reached and operated by the driver from his seat J. The seat J is attached to the upper end of the standard K, the lower end of which is attached to the cross-bar L. The cross-bar L is placed over the forward part of the shaft E, and its ends are attached to the side bars of the frame A.

The forward part of the frame A is supported and the depth to which the plows G enter the ground is limited by the wheels M, the axle N of which is pivoted at its center to the center of the front cross-bar of the frame A by a king-bolt, 0. To the center of the axle N is attached the tongue P, by means of which the machine is guided. IVith the center of the front cross-bar of the frame A is connected, by clevises or other suitable means, the double-tree Q, to which the draft is applied.

With this construction, as the machine is drawn forward the plows G open furrows in the ground, and the ribs D pack or roll the bottom and sides of the said furrows at the same time that the roller 0 rolls the ground adjacent to the said furrows, so as to form channels to conduct the water over the field from the larger ditches. The channels thus formed do not interfere with the use of a reaper or harvester, which is not the case when the ordinary irrigating ditches are employed to distribute the water.

I am aware that rollers provided with ribs and journaled in a frame in the rear of plows are old, and I therefore do not claim such invention.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A land-channeling machine consisting of the frame A L, the rollers 0, having ribs D journaled in the rear part of the frame, the furrow-opening plows F G, secured to a bar, E, journaled in the frame in front of the rollers O, the axle N, pivoted at the center of its length to the front bar of the frame, the wheels M on the axle, and the tongue P, attached to the axle, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a land-channeling machine, the com bination, with the frame A, the rollers O D,

and the wheels M at the forward end of the shaft E, substantially as herein shown and frame, of the shaft E, journaled in the frame described. in front of the rollers, the standards F, secured to the shaft, the plows G on the lower end of ROBERT BANKS the standards, the chains H, connected to the Vitnesses:

standards and to the forward part of the BARNEY WATSON,

frame, and the handle-lever I, attached to the GEO. W. MELVILLE. 

